1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk

The women's 5000 metres walk event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 31 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Mari Cruz Díaz   Spain
Silver	Olga Sánchez   Spain
Bronze	Maria Grazia Orsani   Italy

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mari Cruz Díaz	Spain	21:51.31
	Olga Sánchez	Spain	21:58.17
	Maria Grazia Orsani	Italy	22:04.74
4	Annarita Sidoti	Italy	22:36.47
5	Wang Yili	China	22:38.33
6	Nathalie Marchand	France	22:39.25
7	Gabrielle Blythe	Australia	22:44.82
8	Tatyana Titova	Soviet Union	23:00.82
9	Mioara Papuc	Romania	23:39.85
10	Corinne Whissel	Canada	24:32.25
11	Julie Drake	United Kingdom	24:37.42
12	Deirdre Collier	United States	24:40.14
13	Agnetha Chelimo	Kenya	24:45.91
14	Magdalena Pettersson	Sweden	24:51.54
15	Aleyna Narbey	Australia	25:07.65
16	Tina Poitras	Canada	25:09.73
17	Liliana Bermeo	Colombia	25:11.55
18	Marie Walsh	Ireland	26:11.14
19	Josephine Quinlan	Ireland	26:29.59
20	Sybil Perez	United States	26:34.44
21	Ivana Henn	Brazil	26:49.30
22	Teresa San Juan	Mexico	28:01.52
23	Indra Mala	Nepal	29:25.04
	Alina Ivanova	Soviet Union	DQ
	Anita Blomberg	Norway	DNF
	Karla Ramona Castro	Mexico	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (2)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Canada (2)
•   China (1)
•   Colombia (1)
•   France (1)
•   Ireland (2)
•   Italy (2)
•   Kenya (1)
•   Mexico (2)
•     Nepal (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Soviet Union (2)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sweden (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 April 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015